Bridges to the GulfThree years after Hurricane Katrina, recovery is far from complete. Hundreds of students and faculty from schools across Penn are volunteering in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in what may be the largest university-based relief effort from outside the immediate region. By Samuel Hughes

Lincoln’s American DreamIn 1858, tumbling financial markets prompt a religious revival, the government launches a “diversionary crusade,” and a new leader finds his voice. An excerpt from Throes of Democracy by History Professor Walter A. McDougall. Plus: An interview with the author

What Women WantedCelebrating 20 years of “a new paradigm” for Penn. By Susan Frith. Plus: A report from the Trustees Council of Penn Women Spring Conference

Decade
by DecadeSummariesof Gazette issues at 10-year intervals during
our 100 years of publication, from the first eight-page issue, in November
1902, to October 1992.Centennial
Celebration

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